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Aug

Tele2 in Russia deploys 25,000 5G-ready Ericsson base stations

August 18, 2020
Excerpt: The installation and launch of Ericsson’s base stations on Tele2’s network saw the completion of 50 percent of the five-year network modernization deal reached during MWC 2019 in Barcelona and follows the first 5G zone in the center of Moscow in August 2019. Read more at: https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2020/8/tele2-network-performance
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17
Aug

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is More Than the Company’s Response to SpaceX

August 17, 2020
Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/amazons-project-kuiper-is-more-than-the-companys-response-to-spacex Amazon Web Services and Blue Origin could mean the satellite constellation becomes part of a larger ecosystem. 17 Aug 2020 | 19:00 GMT By Michael Koziol Amazon cleared an important hurdle when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on 30 July that the company was authorized to deploy and operate its Kuiper satellite constellation. The authorization came with the caveat...
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17
Aug

South Africa: Health Minister’s response to questions of 5G safety

August 17, 2020
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/5g/363594-what-south-africans-think-about-the-plan-to-let-networks-build-5g-towers-on-their-property.html?utm_source=newsletter For the annexure https://mybroadband.co.za/news/5g/363594-what-south-africans-think-about-the-plan-to-let-networks-build-5g-towers-on-their-property.html?utm_source=newsletter
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16
Aug

Proposal for Turkish company to anchor ‘floating power stations’ off SA harbours raises alarm bells

August 16, 2020
Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-13-proposal-for-turkish-company-to-anchor-floating-power-stations-off-sa-harbours-raises-alarm-bells/ By Tony Carnie 13 August 2020 Under cover of the Covid-19 crisis, government and private officials appear to be using legal loopholes to speed up a proposal by a Turkish company and local empowerment partners to sail a small armada of “floating power stations” into South African harbours. While the red flag has been...
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15
Aug

First SpaceX Starlink Satellite Broadband Speeds Revealed

August 15, 2020
Source: https://www.telecompetitor.com/first-spacex-starlink-satellite-broadband-speeds-revealed/#:~:text=Using%20the%20Ookla%20Speedtest%20app,beta%20users%20for%20the%20service. 8/13/20 at 11:57 AM by Bernie Arnason A Reddit forum for SpaceX’s Starlink has revealed the first speeds for the new satellite broadband service. SpaceX has already launched hundreds of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites that will power this next generation satellite broadband service. Excerpt: Coverage is currently limited to the Northern region of the...
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15
Aug

Swisscom sees more ‘rational’ debate on 5G network deployment

August 15, 2020
By Juan Pedro Tomás on AUGUST 14, 2020 Swiss state-controlled telecoms group Swisscom believes that the debate regarding the installation of 5G infrastructure in some regions of the country is becoming more “rational” and highlighted that it could be an opportunity for 5G deployments in the medium term. “Regarding the network rollout of 5G in Switzerland, we have...
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13
Aug

Eskom load-shedding will triple in 3 years – CSIR

August 13, 2020
Bradley Prior 12 August 2020 South Africa should brace itself for exponential increases to load-shedding until 2022. This is according to research conducted by Dr Jarrad Wright and Joanne Calitz of the CSIR, who were presenting their findings in a presentation entitled “Setting up for the 2020s: Addressing South Africa’s electricity crisis and getting ready...
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12
Aug

U.S court upholds FCC cap on 5G small cell fees in win for wireless carriers

August 12, 2020
Source: https://www.telecomlead.com/telecom-services/u-s-court-upholds-fcc-cap-on-5g-small-cell-fees-in-win-for-wireless-carriers-96348 August 12, 2020 A federal appeals court has upheld a 2018 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to cap fees for wireless carriers to deploy small cells which are essential for the adoption of 5G networks. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday largely upheld the three...
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11
Aug

Ethiopian government suspends entry of foreign telecom infrastructure firms

August 11, 2020
Tuesday 11 August 2020 | 09:45 CET | News The Ethiopian government has suspended the entry of foreign telecom infrastructure companies to the country, The EastAfrican reported. The decision may not affect foreign telecom service providers and operators that have submitted expressions of interest in buying a stake in Ethio Telecom, it added. The decision came...
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